Paul Fannin liked to joke that his segue to politics from his career selling natural gas or propane was natural. Both featured lots of “hot air.” He brought customer service and a businessman’s approach to the governor’s office of an emerging Arizona in the late 1950s, actively recruiting economic opportunities and cultivating financial, cultural and environmental ties with the Sonoran state in Mexico where he said, “God made us neighbors. Let us be good neighbors.”
As a two-term US Senator, he fought on behalf of Native Americans, workers who did not want to be compelled to join a union … [Read More...]

Today's post may give you a window into my psyche, a battered (due to my long-standing dedication to the Chicago Cubs) and at times, juvenile, state-of-mind.
At first blush, the note below … [Read More...]

We've described for you in the past about how emails purportedly from Microsoft will actually come from Microsoft, not from another email. Here's a link to Microsoft's own guide on how to avoid … [Read More...]

"This is the dumbest spam email I've ever seen."
That's how Diane C. in Mauston started her note to me and it was love at first read on my end. Have to say, after reading the email she … [Read More...]

This week, I had the great honor to speak before the Madison chapter of The Rotary Club. Growing up in Evanston, Illinois, home of the first ever Rotary chapter, I always knew that building as … [Read More...]